MONTREAL – Closing out the Ottawa Senators is proving complicated, but the Canadiens aren’t about to push the panic button just yet.
Despite dropping a 5-1 decision to Dave Cameron’s contingent in Game 5 on Friday night at the Bell Centre, Michel Therrien’s troops are still just one win away from moving on to Round 2, clinging to a 3-2 series lead.
While it definitely wasn’t the rebound performance the Canadiens were looking for after being blanked in the nation’s capital in Game 4, the CH remains confident that securing the all-important fourth and final victory over their Atlantic Division rivals is a matter of executing on a few key details in the immediate vicinity of Senators netminder Craig Anderson.